MetaFilter posts tagged with Market

Scrimping on the Future

kliuless — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:12:03 -0800

Information is stimulus, confusion is contraction.

watch the american housing market spiral out of control

uncle harold — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:41:17 -0800

subprime. Beautiful animation about the US housing market.

The market - conducting 'experiments' with real money

woodblock100 — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:31:28 -0800

A philosophy professor takes on the financial system. Or perhaps that should read - a philosophy professor's take on the financial system. Daniel Cloud, teacher of philosophy at Princeton University and a founding partner in two hedge funds, makes the case in a recent opinion piece that "... complicated explanations about derivatives, regulatory failure, and so on are beside the point. ... The truth is that ... models are most useful when they are little known or not universally believed. They progressively lose their predictive value as we all accept and begin to bet on them."

What happens when the stock market goes to zero?

Cool Papa Bell — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:34:33 -0800

Why are these companies free? In which we learn about "negative enterprise value" and an interesting prospect of using a market collapse to get free money. "Seemingly, a buyer who can afford all of the shares can end up being paid to own these companies."

"Because the math is really complicated people assume it must be right."

dersins — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:36:14 -0800

They are known as “quants” because they do quantitative finance. Seduced by a vision of mathematical elegance underlying some of the messiest of human activities, they apply skills they once hoped to use to untangle string theory or the nervous system to making money. "They Tried to Outsmart Wall Street." [spoiler inside] They failed.

Do They Know It's Christmastime At All?

fearfulsymmetry — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 07:22:42 -0800

Bleed The World

The Elephant in the Room: Market Prosperity versus Republican Administration

Brian B. — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 11:26:37 -0800

Americans pick stocks better than they pick presidents? It is no secret that the stock market does better under Democrats than Republicans. Some have speculated as to why the market does this, as if it's not supposed to work that way. Even when conceding the facts it is a bitter pill to swallow, as if the results confirm the benefit of a regulatory environment.

Hindenburg Omen: Doom?

Lord_Pall — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 01:41:08 -0800

Stock Market on Crash Watch due to a Hindenburg Omen. More info on a Hindenburg Omen. Even More info And more and more information in a PDF. (Editorial - No idea if this is legit or not, but I thought it was interesting. It sort of reminds me of Baseball statistic mining.)

Amazon's Cookie Tax

ikkyu2 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:55:14 -0800

Whatever the market will bear. Did you know that Amazon.com charges you different prices for the same goods depending on who you are (and what your browser cookie shows?) This was news to me, but the WaPo and CNN reported it in 2005. Some call it "price-customization" or "dynamic pricing;" others call it "price discrimination." The rest of us just want to know how to evade it.

Rent Vs. Buy Myths That Ruined the Housing Market

Afroblanco — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:38:56 -0800

Rent Vs. Buy Myths That Ruined the Housing Market

Get your damn fruits and vegetables off my lawn.

Toekneesan — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:21:22 -0800

I’ve discovered that typically, a farmer who grows the forbidden fruits and vegetables on corn acreage not only has to give up his subsidy for the year on that acreage, he is also penalized the market value of the illicit crop, and runs the risk that those acres will be permanently ineligible for any subsidies in the future. (The penalties apply only to fruits and vegetables — if the farmer decides to grow another commodity crop, or even nothing at all, there’s no problem.) If you can't stop demand, curtail production. One farmer's view on the power of commodity crops. See also: Joel Salatin & Polyface Farm. Everything I want to do is Illeagal (Amazon) Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (Amazon ) Barbra Kingslover's Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: A Year in Food (Amazon)

Flat-Packed

chuckdarwin — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 03:29:28 -0800

Affordability for first-time home buyers in the UK has fallen by 351% over the last 10 years. Never fear; through a deal with the Hyde housing association, Paramount Homes and Scandinavian partner Skanska, Ikea has introduced the BoKlok into the British housing market. These prefab homes will start at just £70,000 (including a voucher for some free furniture) and will probably be built on the fringes of London, Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool. Previously

Train Runs Through Market

phrontist — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 05:43:26 -0800

Train runs through bangkok market. (via)

Eat to live to eat.

dersins — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 10:02:43 -0800

"Find Good Food Near You. Want fresh, locally grown food, but don't know where to find it? The LocalHarvest community level map makes it easy to find sustainable farmers, farmers markets and Community Supported Agriculture projects (CSAs) in your area."

The Myth of the Rational Voter

stammer — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 21:52:16 -0800

Why are American voters reluctant to support free market policies when professional economists have achieved near-consensus? Bryan Caplan of the Cato Institute investigates. (pdf)

The gun markets of Pakistan

theemperorhasnoclotheson — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 13:45:10 -0800

The gun markets of Pakistan (NWFP)

Fair Price Energy: A market-based approach to America’s Energy Crisis

stbalbach — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 08:42:39 -0800

Fair Price Energy. One persons idea for a free market solution to the fossil fuel problem.

Tuna, Esq.

monju_bosatsu — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 10:53:07 -0800

The Tuna Court: Law and Norms in the World's Premier Fish Market. [more inside]

You can't handle the truth.

I Love Tacos — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 12:33:40 -0800

Truth Markets. Invest in truthiness.

Drug War (remember that?) Roundup

raaka — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 04:24:04 -0800

Drugs on the Rez. It's a hell of a life going from utter poverty, where your mom gets you drunk so you'll stop complaining about being hungry, to being able to buy your kids toys with $100 accessories and sending them to private schools, to going back to literally not having a quarter to call your dad. In this case, the money came from Canadian oxycontin. It's not just Native Americans who are targeted by the authorities. It's also Indians. There's a pretty good newish book on the subject of black markets, Illicit. Laos' opium market is apparently gone -- in favor of meth and Afghanistan's market is black in name only, so why keep up the facade?

What's next, inhalers named wheezy?

allen.spaulding — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 04:48:56 -0800

Come on, the inventors of The Spazz had to realize they weren't choosing the best name for a wheelchair. And such thoughtful marketing: "Have you been dreaming of that unique custom wheelchair that would not cost you an arm and a leg?" [more inside]

nyse marketrac

nervousfritz — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 10:29:52 -0800

NYSE Marketrac, flash for investors.

Property, Intellectual Property and Free Riding

elpapacito — Fri, 10 Sep 2004 07:20:14 -0800

My cattle grazing grounds are not my idea and vice versa. But thanks to laws I can "own" the idea as if the idea was a cow ; link goes to a interesting university-level paper [PDF]. The author makes some interesting analysis and points attention to the fact that current intellectual property laws can go against well established economic theories at the expense of free market competition theory, technical innovations and society-as-a-whole best interest.

Recommended to people with economic theory experience , but also to everyday public-goods-privatization opposers as the paper isn't (intentionally) way too technical.

tsukiji market

hama7 — Fri, 03 Oct 2003 20:31:42 -0800

Tsukiji Fish Market: A Digital Walk-Through. [more]

Chinese Pop Posters

plep — Mon, 21 Jul 2003 00:54:59 -0800

Chinese Pop Posters. More :- Guangzhou's racing track, patrolling despair, Cuba, under New York, Bombay bazaar, and Chinese rural architecture. All from the excellent Atlas magazine - more here.